SBI has released the recruitment for the post of Clerical cadre after two years. The SBI Clerk Prelims exam is scheduled to take place in the month March/April 2018, although the exam dates are not announced yet . With revamped post of Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) and a changed pattern, SBI is set to recruit 8301 candidates into the Clerical Cadre. Begin your preparation for SBI Clerk Prelims 2018 with this Detailed SBI Clerk Syllabus.

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Before moving ahead with the SBI Clerk Syllabus, let’s have a look at the exam pattern:

Latest SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2018

The SBI Clerk Prelims Exam pattern is shown as below. This year SBI has introduced the sectional timing in Prelims exam. Now you cannot switch between the sections. Also, 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Changes in SBI Clerk Exam Pattern 2018

Watch this video to know in detail about the SBI Clerk Exam Pattern according to the latest Notification.

SBI Clerk Syllabus Overview – Prelims 2018

SBI has not officially thrown any light on the syllabus. However, by analysing the exam pattern and recent trends of exams conducted by SBI and IBPS, our experts have predicted the SBI Clerk Syllabus for Prelims exam 2018 along with mark distribution.

Here is the subject wise syllabus with the mark distribution. The list is classified in order of priority – important chapters first. The Nature of Questions tells you whether it is a scoring chapter or a tricky topic or a time consuming one.

SBI Clerk Syllabus for Prelims 2018 – English Language

#1. Reading Comprehension

Question Type: Moral Stories in Indian Context, Banking and Economy, Business, Social Issues.Vocabulary based questions include synonyms, antonyms and meanings of phrases.Theme and main idea based questions like tone/ style/ title/ theme of the passage.

#2. Fill in the Blanks

Weightage: 0-5 Qs

Scoring, Easy to Solve, High Accuracy Possible

Question Type: Double blanks (Two blanks in one sentence). Could be grammar based or vocabulary based. Vocab based tests knowledge of words. Fairly easy as they can be understood from the context of the sentence. Grammar based tests knowledge of tenses, prepositions, conjunctions, verbs to mention a few.

#15. Grouping and Selection

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